don’t you feel

that flicker in your heart

of what used to be

or maybe never was?


the sound

of a beautiful storm

far, far away —

the quiet presence

of loneliness

not loud enough

to cry over —

the nostalgia

for a memory

you thought to be real

but one day realized

was merely a dream


that flicker in your heart

the empty questioning

of whether you are true —

let it bloom

for it is humanity trying

to speak


and when it finishes

simply respond

“I am, I am, I am”